Why I Don't Crossfit

If you are at all involved in keeping yourself healthy via a rigorous fitness routine, then you probably already know about the cult known as Crossfit that has taken the country by storm over the course of the last 10 years.

Yes, I did say cult. It has all the characteristics of a religious side-show group with it's own initiation rituals, culture, sacred dogmas, pilgrimage (the Crossfit Games), and even a little bit of self-mutilation thrown in for fun.

Crossfitters follow a pattern of very high intensity interval training. The training is so hard that there have been over 200 cases of rhabdomyolosis among members of various Crossfit affiliate gyms worldwide. This is a potentially life-threatening condition where the cells of the muscles don't just tear, but actually burst in the course of exercise and spill their interior contents into the blood. All of this material is filtered out by the kidneys (not the liver) and and overload of this stuff can lead to kidney failure! Can you see why I tended to shy away from this?

Furthermore, Crossfit really is pretty much comprised of zealots. People who think that their way is the ONLY way to get healthy and fit. In fact, they feel that if you look up the word "Fitness" in the dictionary it will tell you that the definition of being fit is simply being a dedicated Crossfitter. What a joke.

The group is even led by a crazy zealot who pursues a dictatorial leadership pattern which emphasizes censorship and groupthink. An article known as the Crossfit White Papers choronicles some of the more obvious acts of dominations that this guy, Greg Glassman, has participated in over the years.

I will give it to these guys though, they are NOT unhealthy or out of shape. Compare that to what you find when you walk into the Long Beach CA LA Fitness and you'd certainly want to have the body of a Crossfit junkie instead of the fat suit worn by most there who are afflicted with #fuckarounditis.